19. SURVIVAL GARDENING
PRODUCES:
Clean water, clean air,
and safe, clean soil
for growing food.
20.
21. PHYTOREMEDIATION:
• The direct use of green
plants to stabilize or
reduce contamination in
soils, surface water, or
ground water.
• Costs about one-tenth of
traditional hazard waste
cleaning methods, and
reduces the amount of
waste by as much as 98
percent.
22. The Chernobyl
Nuclear Disaster
Sunflower Project:
1996, in a pond near
Chernobyl, sunflowers
removed 95% of the
pond's radioactive cesium
and strontium within ten
days.
23. Department of Energy • In Ashtabula,Ohio,
sunflowers reduced uranium
in water from 350 parts per
billion (ppb) to less than 5 ppb
within 24 hours.
• Researchers are using
sunflowers to remove
uranium from contaminated
springs at the Oak Ridge
National Laboratory in
Tennesee.
• Poplar trees and grasses are
being used in Iowa City, Iowa
to filter water in municipal or
industrial wastewater
streams.
26. Medicinal Values of Sunflowers
The seeds have diuretic
and expectorant
properties and treat
bronchial, laryngeal and
pulmonary problems,
coughs and colds, also
whooping cough.
27. Other uses for Sunflowers
• The leaves make a cattle-food.
• The stems contain fibers which may be
used in making paper and woven
fabrics.
• When the stalks are dry, they are as
hard wood and make an excellent fire.
• Seeds are eaten, used to make
bread, and the oil extracted for
cooking.
29. Medicinal Values of Dandelion Plants
• Decreases blood sugar levels
• Acts as an anticoagulant and
antithrombotic agent, reducing danger
of blood clots (post-surgical).
• Reduces the risk of developing
atherosclerosis and other risk factors of
cardiovascular disease .
• Detoxifies and aids in liver function.
• Promotes improvement of
gastrointestinal health: constipation,
diarrhea, and intestinal cramping.
30. Other Uses of Dandelions
• The roots are roasted and used in
herbal coffees.
• The leaves and crowns are used for
salads and cooked greens.
• The flower heads are used for making
dandelion wine and flavorings.
• Dandelion is a rich source of vitamins
A, B complex, C, and D, as well as
minerals such as iron, potassium, and
zinc.
32. Some medicinal uses of Solomon’s Seal:
• Solomon's Seal is given in pulmonary
consumption and bleeding of the lungs.
• Good in inflammations of the stomach
and bowels, piles, and chronic dysentery.
• Soothes and reduces nervousness,
distress, excitement, or irritation. It can
also reduce pain or discomfort.
• For external applications, heals wounds
(open), cuts, burns, bruises. Treats skin
conditions such as rashes.
• Reduces rheumatic pain, arthritic pain,
inflammation, and infection in the joints.
34. Medicinal uses of Lavender:
• Lavender comes from the Latin root lavare, which
means "to wash."
• Research has confirmed that lavender produces slight
calming, soothing, and sedative effects when its scent
is inhaled.
• Beneficial in a variety of conditions, including
insomnia, alopecia (hair loss), anxiety, stress, and
postoperative pain.
• Lavender is also used for its antibacterial and antiviral
properties.
• Treat skin ailments, such as fungal
infections, wounds, eczema, and acne, with lavender
oil.
36. Medicinal uses of Stinging Nettle:
• Reduces levels of inflammatory chemicals in the body
by interfering with the way the body transmits pain
signals.
• Treat urinary problems during the early stages of an
enlarged prostate, and for urinary tract infections.
• The leaves and stems of nettle have been used
historically to treat arthritis and for sore muscles.
• Reduces sneezing and itching in people with hay fever,
possibly due to lowering the amount of histamine the
body produces in response to an allergen.
38. Various uses for Catnip:
• Used to treat cancer, nervousness,
nightmares, scurvy, tuberculosis, and
insomnia.
• Relieves toothaches.
• It is also known to be a mild sedative
to humans.
• It is a good source of vitamins A & C.
• It repels mosquitoes 10 times more
effectively (and safer) than DEET.
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ENG 337: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
DR. EVERETT HAMNER
“I Build This Garden For Us”
Lenny Kravitz
Let Love Rule, 1989
